This Place Sucks Ass

This Place Sucks Ass
EP by
PUP
ReleasedOctober 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)
Length17:19
LabelLittle Dipper / Rise
PUP chronology
Morbid Stuff
(2019)		 This Place Sucks Ass
(2020)		 The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
(2022)

This Place Sucks Ass is an EP released by Canadian punk rock band PUP on October 23, 2020. It was released under two labels: Little Dipper (the band's personal label), and Rise Records.

Development

This Place Sucks Ass contains mostly recordings from the studio sessions of the band's previous album, Morbid Stuff.

According to Pitchfork, "this place sucks ass" is a sentence the band used to say as a joke while touring, to describe the places where they played.

Reception

The EP received generally favorable reviews. Pitchfork gave it a positive review, while Metacritic holds a score of 76/100.

UK rock music review website Kerrang! noted a lack of "vitality and vim" compared to Morbid Stuff.

Writing for Paste Magazine, Zach Schonfeld noted that the 17-minute EP compresses PUP's "infectious feel-bad energy" into five original tracks and a cover, assigning it a score of 7.8 out of 10.

The EP received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.

Track listing

All tracks are written by PUP (Stefan Babcock, Steve Sladkowski, Nestor Chumak and Zack Mykula) except "A.M. 180", written by Jason Lytle.

No.TitleLength
1."Rot"3:21
2."Anaphylaxis"3:16
3."A.M. 180" (Grandaddy cover)3:04
4."Nothing Changes"3:26
5."Floodgates"3:02
6."Edmonton"1:10
Total length:17:19

Personnel

PUP

Production

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)72
US Billboard 200198
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)42
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)24
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)19
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)37
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)8

References

  1. 1 2 3 "This Place Sucks Ass [EP] by PUP". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 Morton, Luke (October 23, 2020). "EP Review: PUP – This Place Sucks Ass". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Thomas, Peyton (October 27, 2020). "PUP: This Place Sucks Ass EP Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Schonfeld, Zach (October 21, 2020). "PUP Has Plenty More Morbid Stuff to Go Around on This Place Sucks Ass EP". Paste Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Pup Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.